| PECTINIDAE | Chlamys [s.l.] allorenti Dijkstra, 1988 |
| Figure |
Paratypes (rv) |
| Original name | Chlamys allorenti Dijkstra, 1988 |
| Autoreference | Dijkstra, 1988: 19-21, figs. |
| Reference | Dijkstra, H.H., 1988. Chlamys allorenti sp. nov. from Réunion (Bivalvia: Pectinidae). - La Conchiglia/The Shell 19(228-9): 19-21, figs. |
| Type data | Holotype (lv: H 5 mm, L 5 mm) MNHN at Paris. Type locality: Réunion, off Boucan Canot, near Cap la Houssaye south of St. Paul, 21*01'S, 55*13'E, 50-70 m, dead, scuba-diving, leg. J. Drivas & P. Allorent. |
| Description | Shell up to ca. 8 mm high, weakly inflated, right valve slightly more convex than left one, circular, nearly equivalve and equilateral, auricles strongly unequal (ratio 5:3), umbonal angle ca. 90 degrees, brightly uniform of colour, sometimes with whitish spots. Both valves sculptured with 22-25, regularly spaced radial ribs. Anterior auricle of left valve broadly cancellated. Byssal notch moderately deep, byssal fasciole narrow. Functional ctenolium on suture (4-5 teeth). |
| Distribution |
Réunion (TL) |
| Habitat | Living sublittorally amongst coral rubble on sandy bottoms. |
